Brooke is currently COO and Co-founder at Workfrom.
Her background is in Project Management and Front End Development. She has been living the nomadic lifestyle for 2.5 years, but originally and currently settled (for now) in Portland, Oregon.
During our conversation we talk about digital nomadism, what makes a place ideal to work from, Workfrom new project Homebase, how to transition from an office job to a remote job, the importance of employee happiness inside the companies and much more.
Show Notes:
01:30 – What was the impact of studying art in her career?
03:23 – How Brooke learned how to develop websites and started a new career in 6 months
05:20 – Coding school vs University
08:00 – The lowest hanging fruit to get a remote job and the best places to learn to code
10:50 – The importance of learning by doing and immerse learning
12:50 – Remote education vs present education
17:30 – How did she hear about remote work and digital nomadism
19:50 – The power of community when you start your digital nomad journey.
21:00 – Travel groups vs Co-living places
23:00 – What attracts people to the nomadic lifestyle
28:00 – The biggest misconception about digital nomads
31:00 – How to adapt to a new place
33:30 – How to leave your job and work remotely
35:00 – What is Workfrom? The company history.
40:00 – What makes a place great to work?
45:50 – How to build a strong community around your company
48:00 – How to find and apply to a remote job through the community
52:00 – Why do remote companies share so much information about what they do?
53:30 – What is the future of remote work?
55:00 – How can companies go remote? Systems, culture, help.
57:00 – The importance of employer happiness and having someone to take care of that
59:20 – What is Homebase?
01:02:00 – The value of Homebase to Coworking spaces
Useful Links:
- Be Unsettled
- Episodes
- Homebase
- Lambda School
- Nomad Academy
- Nomad House
- Remote-how
- Remote Year
- Skillcrush
- Wi-fi Tribe
Connect with Brooke Hurford!